Executive Slaying Sparks New Fears

LÁZARO CÁRDENAS, Mexico—By nearly all accounts, Virgilio Camacho was a well-liked and active top executive at ArcelorMittal, a global steelmaker with a massive plant in this Pacific port. But one Monday afternoon in early April, authorities said, he disappeared, only to be found a day later dead from a single gunshot wound to the head. He was still...

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Was ArcelorMittal executive Virgilio Camacho killed by a drug cartel? While the details of his death remain a mystery, the Knights Templar drug group has a strong — and lethal — foothold in the city where he worked. (Photo: Getty)